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Re: Ask HN: COBOL devs, how are AI coding affecting your work?

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I am in banking and it's fine we have some finetuned models to work with our code base. I think COBOL is a good language for LLM use. It's verbose and English like syntax aligns naturally with the way language models process text. Can't complain.

Re: Ask HN: COBOL devs, how are AI coding affecting your work?

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I am in banking and it's fine we have some finetuned models to work with our code base. I think COBOL is a good language for LLM use. It's verbose and English like syntax aligns naturally with the way language models process text. Can't complain.

What these models are doing - migrations, new feature releases, etc? What does your setup look like?

Re: Ask HN: COBOL devs, how are AI coding affecting your work?

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post #3

I am in banking and it's fine we have some finetuned models to work with our code base. I think COBOL is a good language for LLM use. It's verbose and English like syntax aligns naturally with the way language models process text. Can't complain.

What these models are doing - migrations, new feature releases, etc? What does your setup look like?

I suspect they're doing whatever job needs to be done, as with models in any other language.

I also suspect they need a similar amount of hand holding and review.

Re: Ask HN: COBOL devs, how are AI coding affecting your work?

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Not COBOL but I sometimes have to maintain a large ColdFusion app. The early LLMs were pretty bad at it but these days, I can let AI write code and I "just" review it.

I've also used AI to convert a really old legacy app to something more modern. It works surprisingly well.

Re: Ask HN: COBOL devs, how are AI coding affecting your work?

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post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What these models are doing - migrations, new feature releases, etc? What does your setup look like?

I suspect they're doing whatever job needs to be done, as with models in any other language. I also suspect they need a similar amount of hand holding and review.

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